Federal University of Technology Owerri - FUTO

It was one of the new universities set up by the Federal Government in June 1980 for each geo political zones, in order to increase skills and innovation.

The university was founded in 1980. It later merged with Alvan Ikoku College of Education Owerri, absorbing the latter's students. The university is one of the premier technological universities in western Africa. Its student body comprises people from all over west Africa and beyond. It is the only federal university of technology in the South-East of Nigeria and one of the oldest in West Africa.